Toilet-paper case



(No Model.)

I. M. LOWENGRUND.

TOILET PAPER CASE.

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Unirn Taras ISAAC M. LOVENGRUND, OF PHILADEL'PHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOILET-PAPER CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 477,215, dated June21, 1892.

Application filed October 20, 1891. Serial No. 409,265. (No model.)

To all whom it may conccrn:

e it known that I, IsAAo M. LowENGRUND, of the city of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Toilet-Paper Cases; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawlngs, forming part of this specification.

My invention has relation to cases for feedingout paper a single sheetat a time; and it consists in the device hcreinafter particularlydescribed.

The object of my invention is to provide an efficient and inexpensivetoilet-paper case, so constructed, as hereinafter described,that it maybe manufactured, preferably, in pasteboard, to be sold with each packageof paper complete at a small advance in price upon the usual price ofthe package. The device may, however, be constructed in metal or othersuitable material.

In the accompanying drawings similar letters of reference refer tosimilar parts throughout.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved toilet-paper case,partially broken, illustrating the operation with a sheet in the processof being ejected. Fig. 2 is a perspective view representing the interiorfrom the rear with the device opened, as in the pasteboard construction.Fig. 3 is a sectional interior view representing the interior of theface of the casing and illustrating the construction and adjnstrnent ofthe vertical slide with the elastic connections.

A represents the box or casing containing the package B of separatesheets of paper. On the interior of the face of the casing A a Verticalslide C is provided to operate Vertically against the interior of theface of the casing A, which slide O is held in a normal elevatedposition by an elastic band c or other equivalent device against a stripor stop, as illustrated by (Z, and represented as secured to the innerface of the casing A. After the slide O has been drawn down for thepurpose of ej ecting a sheet of paper and is released, it is thenreturned to its normal elevated position, as shown in Fig. 3, againstthe stop cl, through the medium of said band c, which is rigidly securedat either end to the casing A and intcrmediately connected to the slideC. On the interior face of the slide O a piece of frictional materialc-such as rubber, Sand-paper, or other like material-is provided forengaging against the sheet to be ejccted, and by such frictioual contactto eject the sheet as the slide is dcpressed. In the face of the casingA a Vertical slot .s' is provided, through which the finger may pass toengage with the slide C for the purpose of depressing by contacttherewith and thereby ejecting the Sheet of paper. A preferableconstruction, which I illustrate in the drawings, is that in which thefrietional material c is coinposed of a small sheet of thin rnbber, infront of which an opening o is provided in the slide O, through whichthe finger may pass in the act of depressing the slide and a moreeffective pressure and friction brought to bear against the sheet to beejected in the downward movement of the slide by the iinmediatecompression of the finger through the thin rubber c upon said sheet.

As a means of keeping the package of paper B eonstantly compressedagainst the vertical slide O, I employ, preferably, elastic bands b,which are secured to the casing A, as at g, and are stretched around thepackage B. A plate or stili'ened sheet f, of pasteboard or othermaterial, preferably of the size of the package B, is provided at theback of the package B to aecomplisha greateruniformity of pressure uponthe package through the means of elastic bands or their equivalentsdescribed. The strip or stop (Z is preferably slightly thicker than theVertical slide O, to prevent the compression of the package B fromjamming or binding the slide C and then preventing it from Operating.Other strips may be employed, if desred, for this purpose.

The package B of paper is preferably suspended within the walls of thecase A by the wire rod passing through the package and turned down orclinched on the outer walls of the case A, on the rear wall preferablyturned to form a supporting-eye j, by which to hang the entire case tothe wall. The package B may, however, be supported within the case byany other suitable means. In the simple construction dcscribed guidesfor the slide C are not necessary, though they niay be employed, ifdesired.

As the Vertical slide Cis deprcssed, as shown in Fig. 1, the outermostSheet being compressed against the Vertical slide C is ejected from thelower end of the case A through the slot h to a sufiicient distance toallow of it being grasped by the fingers and therehy completely removedtherefroin.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a paper-feeding device, a casin` A, having' Vertical slot sprovided in the face thereof, Vertical slide C, provided on the interiorof the face of the casing, adapted to slide vertically against the saidinterior face of the front wall, elastic band c orits equivalent securedto the walls of the casin g and to the said slide O, stop cl, providedon the interior wall of the casing, frictional surface e, provided onthe slide C, and elastic hands b or their equivalents for oonipressingthe package of paper against the said slide C, and dischargeslot h,substantially as described. I 2. In a paper-feeding,` device, a casino:A, slot s, provided in the face thereof, Vertical slide O, adapted toslide vertically against the interior surface of the -front wall of thecasing A, elastic band c.or its equivalent secured to the oasing and tosaid slide for returning the slide automatically to a normal elevatedposition after being depressed, orifice o, provided in the slide O,strip of rubber c, provided over said orifice o and upon the interiorface of the slide C, rear plate f, discharge-slot 77,, provided inbottoin of casing, and means for coxnpressing the package of paperagainst and toward said Vertical slide,

` substantially as described.

3. In a paper-feeding device, the combina` tion of a casing A, slot s,Vertical slide O, elastic band cor its equivalent, secured to the Wallsof the casing and to said Vertical slide, stop d, orifice o, provided inthe slide C, frietional strip c, secured to the inner face of the slideO, elastic hands b or their equivalents for compressing the package ofpaper against said slide C, and slot h, provided in the bottoin of thecasing, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of October,A. D. 1801.

ISAAC M. LOVENGRUND.

fitnessesz JOHN O. TAXIs, ERNns'r LOWENGRUND.

